My cat was all over me when we got back from NYC last night. Cats can show affection, too. And they don't dig holes in the yard.
I've owned dogs (beagle in Ft. Hood in the early 80s, huskies in Germany in the mid-to-late 80s) and they could be very destructive and high maintenance. I've owned cats since the early 90s and they can be very destructive and high maintenance. You pick your poison.
